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Helen Hunt Jackson in her blockbuster 1884 novel “Ramona” wrote: “There is in this desert one reservation called Agua Caliente, of about 60,000 acres. From the best information we can get, this is all ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Whether stamped on the vinyl floor of a 1950s diner, tessellating down a Victorian hallway, or stencilled atop ...